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2017 Hunt Report and Meat Pole Contest - Win a $300 or $100 Gift Certificate
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<blockquote data-quote="tankgijohn72" data-source="post: 1349551" data-attributes="member: 77441"><p>Got out to Idaho for my first hunt since a big health scare earlier this year due to multiple blood clots and partial loss of a lung. Have been working for months to get back in shape. I live 1,000 ft above sea level and was worried about the altitude. Its only 6,000 feet. Lungs seemed to handle it well. Watched about 30 deer for a couple days before season in a hayfield that was just off the national forest. Many others hunters were glassing the same deer every night leading up to opening day. I figured the only way to have a decent chance with all the pressure was to get in early ahead of everyone else. Hiked in a mile and a half to a vantage point I had previously scouted where I could see two large bowls, and the drainage that the deer had been using to access the hay field each night. Was in position 40 mins before shooting light. As soon as it was light I glassed 8 deer in the drainage below me. There was a decent 3 pt in the group. I got setup with the bipod and squeezed the trigger. The 129 barnes LRX handload I have been working on all summer struck and he went 30 yards. On the way down to the deer, I saw a nice bull elk. First I have seen in a few years. Praise God for recovery and another chance to get out on the mountain. [ATTACH=full]82032[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tankgijohn72, post: 1349551, member: 77441"] Got out to Idaho for my first hunt since a big health scare earlier this year due to multiple blood clots and partial loss of a lung. Have been working for months to get back in shape. I live 1,000 ft above sea level and was worried about the altitude. Its only 6,000 feet. Lungs seemed to handle it well. Watched about 30 deer for a couple days before season in a hayfield that was just off the national forest. Many others hunters were glassing the same deer every night leading up to opening day. I figured the only way to have a decent chance with all the pressure was to get in early ahead of everyone else. Hiked in a mile and a half to a vantage point I had previously scouted where I could see two large bowls, and the drainage that the deer had been using to access the hay field each night. Was in position 40 mins before shooting light. As soon as it was light I glassed 8 deer in the drainage below me. There was a decent 3 pt in the group. I got setup with the bipod and squeezed the trigger. The 129 barnes LRX handload I have been working on all summer struck and he went 30 yards. On the way down to the deer, I saw a nice bull elk. First I have seen in a few years. Praise God for recovery and another chance to get out on the mountain. [ATTACH=full]82032[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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